Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,821 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Kentucky State University (1886- )
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Mickey Leland (1944-1989)
Ivory Joe Hunter Album Cover
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Ivory Joe Hunter (1914-1974)
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Delaware State University (1891- )

Explore Global African History

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In the Land of Czars and Commissars: African Americans in Russia, the Soviet Union, and Post-Soviet Russia, 1824-2015
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The Black Diaspora in Israel, 1965 to 2011
Festus Okotie-Eboh
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Festus Samuel Okotie-Eboh (1912-1966)
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Johannesburg, South Africa (1886- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Greece and Egypt: How a Single Coin Reflects an Ancient and Enduring Relationship
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: For His Times and Ours
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Contraband Hospital, 1862-1863: Health Care For the First Freedpeople
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The Other Hermitage: The Enslaved at the Andrew Jackson Plantation

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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11/26/2021 – Executive Director – Seattle, Washington